Background: Glycemic index (GI) value is an important factor determining the postprandial glycemic response of available carbohydrate in our daily foods. Ideally, it should be determined by feeding foods to healthy human, while this is not always ethically, technically and financially possible...

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is the hepatic sign of metabolic syndrome. Here, we aimed to assess the effects of garlic and its major components on fasting plasma glucose, fasting insulin, and lipid profile levels in animal models of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. A systematic search in...

Scope: In the last decades, dietary phosphate intake has increased due to a higher consumption of ultraprocessed food. This higher intake has an impact on body composition and health state. Recently, this study finds that a high chronic phosphate diet leads to no major renal alterations, but...

There is debate about the metabolic impact of sugar-sweetened beverages. Here, we tested the hypothesis that ad lib consumption of glucose (Gluc) or high-fructose (HiFruc) syrups improves glucose tolerance in mice. We provided C57BL/6 mice with a control (chow and water) or experimental (chow,...

Ethnopharmacological relevance: Globally, 537 million individuals are estimated to have diabetes. The traditional use of herbs for ameliorating diabetes symptoms is a common practice in Pakistan and use of Loranthus pulverulentus Wall (L. pulverulentus) by local people in Azad Jammu and Kashmir has ...

Over the last decades, epidemiology and functional studies have started to reveal a pivotal role of vitamin D in both type 1 and type 2 diabetes pathogenesis. Acting through the vitamin D receptor (VDR), vitamin D regulates insulin secretion in pancreatic islets and insulin sensitivity in multiple...

Glycogen storage disease type 1 (GSD1) is a rare hereditary monogenic disease characterized by the disturbed glucose metabolism. The most widespread variant of GSD1 is GSD1a, which is a deficiency of glucose-6-phosphatase-α. Glucose-6-phosphatase-α is expressed only in liver, kidney, and intestine, ...

Ethnopharmacological relevance: Opuntia speciesis used in traditional medicine to treat diabetes mellitus (DM). Polysaccharide is one of the main components of Opuntia. Opuntia polysaccharide (OPS) is a kind of natural active macromolecular substance, numerous animal experiments have been conducted ...

Gastric inhibitory polypeptide (GIP) is a 42 amino acid hormone secreted from intestinal K-cells in response to nutrient ingestion. Despite a recognised physiological role for GIP as an insulin secretagogue to control postprandial blood glucose levels, growing evidence reveals important actions of...

Objectives This study aimed to examine the effect of dextrose drink (D) on blood glucose, VO₂max, and sprint speed compared with Sodium-Dextrose drink.Equipment and Methods: We conducted a double-blinded crossover study of 22 young male (19 ± 1.1 years) soccer players, consumed either Dextrose...